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Michael Edward Conley is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who has served as the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command since July 2, 2024. Conley most recently served as the director of operations of the Air Force Special Operations Command from 2023 to 2024. He also served as the director of strategic plans, requirements, and programs of the Air Mobility Command from 2022 to 2023, and as the deputy commander of the Combined Force Space Component Command from 2020 to 2022. Prior to that, he was commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing of the United States Air Force from 2018 to 2020.
Conley was born and raised in Geneva, New York. He was commissioned to the U.S. Air Force in May 1996 after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy. He also completed pilot training in 1998, and since then, has flown the UH-1N and MH-53 helicopters, and the CV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft. Also during his Air Force career, Conley served as special assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In 2005, he was named Air Force Special Operations Pilot of the Year. Conley holds three master's degrees, including a degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College.




Education



1996 Bachelor of Science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
2000 Squadron Officer's School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
2004 M.S. in management, University of Maryland, University College, Maryland
2006 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
2008 M.A. in communication, George Mason University, Virginia (AF Intern Program)
2010 Air War College, by correspondence
2014 M.A. in national security and strategic studies, U.S. Naval War College, Rhode Island
2017 Air Force Enterprise Leadership Seminar, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, North Carolina




Assignments


1997–1997, student pilot, T-37, Vance AFB, Oklahoma
1997–1998, student pilot, UN-1H, Ft. Rucker, Alabama
1998–2001, UH-1N IP/executive officer, 1st Helicopter Squadron, Andrews AFB, Maryland
2001–2002, student pilot, MH-53J, 551 SOS, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
2002–2004, MH-53J/M instructor pilot, 20 SOS, Hurlburt Field, Florida
2004–2006, MH-53M evaluator pilot/flight commander, 21st SOS, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom
2006–2007, assistant operations officer, 352 OSS, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom
2007–2008, AF Intern Program-Strategic Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
2008–2009, chief of operations team, SAF/PA, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia
2009–2011, chief of wing safety/CV-22 pilot, 1 SOW, Hurlburt Field, Florida
2011–2013, commander, 58 OSS, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
2013–2014, student, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island
2014–2015, branch chief, Joint Staff, J-7, Joint Lessons Learned Division, Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
2015–2016, deputy director, CAG/special assistant to the CJCS, Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia
2016–2018, vice commander, 27 SOW, Cannon AFB, New Mexico
2018–2020, commander, 1 SOW, Hurlburt Field, Florida
2020–2022, deputy combined force space component commander, U.S. Space Command, Vandenberg AFB, California
2022–2023, director of strategy, plans, requirements, and programs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Illinois
2023–2024, director of operations, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida
2024–present, commander, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida




Awards and decorations


Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal with six oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Combat Action Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
2005 Air Force Special Operations Command Pilot of the Year




Effective dates of promotion


Conley was nominated for the rank of brigadier general on January 9, 2020, and was sworn in June 2020.




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